No, we want the output of :
which killsol.sh
"which" tells you where "killsol.sh" is in your path.
And by "doesn't work" I mean when it is apparently not found in your
path. I want to see what "which" says when your shell does not run
"killsol.sh" by itself.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75 <
lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sean, there is no output from killsol.sh. It either kills the desired
> process or does nothing. And it DOES work when it actually gets run.
>
> Nathan, .profile actually checks to see if the is a .bashrc and if so, runs
> it so putting in what you suggest would create an infinite loop. BUT, you
> gave me a clue. I think ubuntu actually uses dash for the login shell
> though bash is the default user shell. THAT may be why .profile does not
> get run for the login shell.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Nathan England <plug-discuss@nmecs.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I know different shells source different files when started, I'm curious
>> to know which shell you are using.
>> (konsole, gnome-terminal, ...)
>>
>> If it works after sourcing your .profile then I would bet you need to have
>> a .bashrc file with a line that says source ~/.profile.
>>
>> Like Kitepilot, I too am curious to know what
>>
>> which foo.sh
>> or
>> whereis foo.sh
>>
>> tells us.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/27/2014 8:24 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>
>> Prior to mu sourcing .profile, those commands showed nothing. Once I ran
>> . .profile, I get what I expected:
>>
>> larry@hammerhead:~$ which killsol.sh
>> /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>> larry@hammerhead:~$ type killsol.sh
>> killsol.sh is /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>> larry@hammerhead:~$
>>
>> so the question really comes down to why is .profile not being run on
>> login (I already said I do not have the two files which might prevent it).
>> This is Ubuntu 12.04 BTW.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:50 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Pls show the output of:
>>> which foo.sh
>>> or
>>> type foo.sh
>>> ET
>>>
>>>
>>> Dazed_75 writes:
>>>>
>>>> I thought $PATH contained the series of paths searched to find an
>>>> executable file by the name specified on the command line. Specifically
>>>> if
>>>> my $ENV contains a $PATH which reads:
>>>> /home/larry/bin:<more paths>
>>>> that an executable file like foo.sh found in /home/larry/bin/ could be
>>>> run
>>>> by simply typing foo.sh on the command line. What am I doing wrong as
>>>> it
>>>> does not work though it does if I type ./bin/foo.sh while in
>>>> /home/larry/?
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